"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Apr 9th, 2012
We returned from our WA/ID and the very next day, Antee Sara arrived, visiting from New York City. She could only stay a couple of days, and we maximized our time together. It worked out that she was able to visit during ‘R’s birthday. ‘R’ chose a breakfast of Lucky Charms and orange juice. David, […]
Posted in FAMILY on Apr 6th, 2012
The drive from WA to ID was lovely. The roads were terrific and the mountains, snow-capped. This is a rest stop in Eastern WA… Wind power in Eastern WA… We arrived around dinner time to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. The next morning, we woke to snow!! A little homeschool session… Turkeys! Spent an afternoon in […]
Posted in FAMILY on Mar 29th, 2012
It is rare to get the whole family together. What a blessing to have my dad’s side together to celebrate my grandather’s 90th birthday! Grandpa Jerry is the perfect example of growing older well. I often halfway joke that he will outlive me. I am so glad that I have his genes in me. There […]
Posted in FAMILY on Mar 29th, 2012
Scott and Liann had us to dinner. The Potoshnik clan joined us. It was such a sweet night of pizza, wrestling, and baby chicks! They had the living room and dining room cleared out for some remodeling. This created an ideal wrestling arena for Jordan and the boys! The Smiths purchased a bunch of baby […]
Posted in FAMILY on Mar 26th, 2012
New umbrellas 🙂 Our favorite pizza place. We ate here twice. Me and mama… Freshly shorn. Note the red highlights 🙂 Cheesecake Factory with Ama and KK ‘R’ decided to try calamari again… …still doesn’t like it…
Posted in FAMILY on Mar 26th, 2012
My good friend friend, Lacey, is stepmother to one teen, one college student, and one twenty-something out of the house. She and her husband, Rob, are also parents to 4 year old quadruplets. whom we always refer to as “the Babies”. Well, we paid them a visit and I can say they are babies no […]
Posted in FAMILY on Mar 19th, 2012
Winter cold and rain did not dampen our spirits and enthusiasm for visiting friends and family. Our main intention for this visit was to celebrate my grandfather’s 90th birthday. We decided to come a little early to catch up with family and friends. On our first day, we had lunch at the downtown Seattle Blue […]
Posted in FAMILY on Mar 6th, 2012
My lovely cousin, Katy, just had her first baby! She lives about two hours from me, so I took the boys and paid her a visit while they were still in the hospital. Mom and baby are both beautiful, perfect, and recovering well. It was wonderful to watch the boys lovingly and tenderly hold the […]
Posted in FAMILY on Feb 17th, 2012
Well, we did it! 30 days on the Daniel Fast! We decided to break it with a celebration at Red Robin. The boys each had an oreo shake , ‘A’ had ribs, and ‘R’ had pizza. David and I each had a veggie burger in a lettuce wrap; I had cheese on mine, David stayed […]
Posted in FAMILY on Feb 17th, 2012
We had a few hours to kill before church one Saturday, so we decided to take a country drive. We ended up in Auburn and had an early dinner at the vegan restaurant we had discovered. The boys begged to have the ‘nachos’ again. After, we drove through one of the neighborhoods and came across […]